Brush attachment



(No Moden.)

I. A. HORTMAN. BRUSH ATTACHMENT.

No.428,491. Patented May 20, 18,90.

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E ArnNT ISAAC ARTLEY HORTMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BRUSH ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 428,491, dated May 20, 1890.

Application filed December 2l, 1889. Serial No. 334,498. (No model.)

To all whom, t may conccwu.

Be it known that I, ISAAC ARTLEY HORT- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brush Attachments; and I do declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference .being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a scraper or knife, and is designed as an attachment for painters dust-brushes for cleaning dirt from corners, for blacking-brushes for scraping mud from the shoes, and forbrushes an dbrooms generally when it is desired to provide the same with a scraper. The attachment when applied to a paint-brush can be used as a puttyknife for glazing.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple device that can be readily applied to brushes, brooms, and various other articles when it may be desirable to furnish the same with a knife or scraper. The device, being compact, occupies veryT little more room than the handle of the brush or broom to which it may be affixed. rIhe blade slides within the socket, and is held in either a retracted or a projected position by a spring-actuated catch, which, when disengaged from the blade, permits the same to slide freely within the said socket either in or out, .according` as the end oi' the brush is turned up or down.

The improvement consists of the novel features which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and which are shown in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a brush, showing the application of my invention thereto, the blade being shown` out by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a section on the line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a cross-section on the line Y Y of Fig. 1, looking toward the end. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the line Z Z of Fig. l. Figs. 5 are an end and longitudinal section, respectively, of a modification.

A represents a socket, which may be cast, spun, or otherwise constructed, and'is adapted to be fitted to the end of a broom or brush handle, as shown. The outer end of the socket tapers on its opposite sides to the plane of the blade C, and on one side the socket is provided with the rib B, which closes in the catch D on three sides and protects it. from injury. The blade C is adapted to slide within the socket, being guided in its movements by working in the ways or grooves e, formed in the sides of the socket, as shown most clearly in Figs. 3 and 4. The blade has slot f, through which and the socket the pin F passes and holds the blade from dropping out or entering the socket too far. The catch D is pivoted between its ends and is placed in the recess formed by the rib B. The pin d at the end of the catch is adapted to project through an opening in the side of the socket and engage with the blade and hold it in either a projected or retracted position, as clearly shown in4 Fig. 2. The spring G between the catch and the side of the socket holds the catch in position to engage with and retain the blade in the desired position. By pressing on the rear end of the catch its front Yend `is disengaged from the blade, and on turning the socketpoint up the blade will slide in the socket and on turning it point down the blade will run out, the blade being held in either position by the catch, as will be* readily appreciated.

' In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the catch is constructed to close the end of the socket, being provided with the cross-head I-I, on thelower end of which is arranged the pin d, which pin enters a recess in the lower wall ot" the socket when the end of the said socket is closed.

Having fully described my invention, what I ICO having grooves e in its sides, and having a re- I The combination, with the socket, of the cess in one of its attened sides and a rib catch D, having cross-head 1:11 to close the end projecting up from three sides of the recess, of the socket, and piu d to enter a depression I 5 the blade adapted to slide Within the socket, in the wall or side of the socket,substautiaiiy 5 being guided in its movements by the workas and for the purpose described.

ing in the grooves e, and provided with a siotf, In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the pin F passing through the said slot f and presence of two Witnesses. having its ends fitted in the sides of the socket, and the catch placed in the said recess ISAAQ ARTLEX HORTMAB' 1 a in the side of the socket and pivoted between Vituesses:

its ends to the said rib, substantially as de- CLINTON CLEMENT,

scribed. JACOB S. DUVALL. 

